Cleanliness should be learnt and constantly practiced. This entails, grooming
of the entire body. Healthy personal habits can help you fight off intending
disease you may contract.
Good personal
cleaning can make you look responsible, presentable, approachable, healthy and
attractive to people around you. If you do not take care of yourself you are
inviting disease causing agent in and around your body.
Poor personal hygiene can affect you socially, people will never tell you how
your teeth smell or you have body odour and others because it sounds repulsive.
The only they can do is steer clear the sight of you and avoid hanging out with
you or getting you involved in any social activity.
Like I said in my previous article; “Job interview etiquette ” you may not get your dream job or get a promotion in your place of work because of your physical appearance, if it is clearly seen that you do not take care of yourself.
People can intimidate you because of the way you look, you can look “haggard”
but you may not know until someone discloses it to you.
In this article, I will be passing a piece of information on “HOW TO
MAINTAIN A GOOD PERSONAL HYGIENE and they are;
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1) SHOWER OR TAKE YOUR BATH ON A DAILY BASIS: Take your bath at least twice
(morning and night) daily with clean water and good shower gel/soap. Keep
yourself clean.
While taking your bath, pay special attention to your private parts, head, heel of the legs and armpit, etc.
2) BRUSHING AND FLOSSING YOUR TEETH: Brush and floss your teeth at least twice a day or after each meal. Brushing your teeth regularly can prevent Dental caries and bad breath.
3) CUT YOUR NAILS (FINGER AND TOE): Trim your nails and keep it clean always, germs can hide under your nail and also get into the hands of which you may contract diseases when used to take consumables.
4) WASHING AND LAUNDERING: wash and launder your clothes, pillow case, and bedspread and wrapper at least twice in a week. Use a good detergent and bar soap to wash your clothes.
Do not soak your clothes in water for 1-2days it will make your clothes to
smell awful even if you wash it.
Sun/air dry your clothes after washing, it kills bacteria and also removes bad odour due to perspiration from your clothes. Do not forget to iron and hang your clothes.
5) TAKE CARE OF YOUR HAIR: Your hair can make you look unkempt if you do not pay attention to it. Take care of your hair and ensure you wash it at least once in a week with a good shampoo and conditioner to avoid smelling.
Do not allow your hair to be bushy before you can barb or dress it.
6) UNDERWEARS: Do not wear your undees for more than 24hours. Undees should be
changed each time you perspire.
You are not advised
to sleep with your undees rather a night wear or pyjamas, sleeping with your
undees can make you contract an infection because you’ve decided not to allow
natural breeze/air to enter down there. Wash your underwear with good soap and/or
detergent.
7) WASH YOUR HANDS: Always wash your hand with water and detergent after
visiting the toilet, the bathroom, before preparing meal, after handling the
waste bin, after coughing and sneezing.
Health is wealth, be careful of the things you touch. Keep a sanitizer and
handkerchief in your bag/purse for use.
8) KEEP YOUR SURROUNDING NEAT AND WELL VENTILATED: keep your surrounding clean
and do home sanitation regularly. Take proper care of your toilet, bathroom,
room, window, kitchen and every other place.
9) EAT RIGHT AND SLEEP WELL: Eat foods that have all the nutrients. It can
contain protein, iron, vitamins, calcium, carbohydrate etc.
They are good for your health, Secondly, catch some sleep at least 8hours daily it makes your body and immune system balanced and in the right health conditions.
10) LIST OF PERSONAL BELONGINGS YOU SHOULD NOT SHARE WITH ANYONE:
- Underwears
- razor/shaving bic
- sponge
- tooth brush
- antiperspirants (roll-on)
- toiletries
- Hair comb/brush
etc.
Personal Hygiene should be part of your daily routine work, form it as a habit to take care of yourself, beautify and look your best and it will minimize your risk of infection and illnesses.
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